Peterson Goodwyn

Peterson Goodwyn (1745-21 February 1818) was a member of the US House of Representatives (DR-VA 18) from 4 March 1803 to 3 March 1813 (succeeding Philip R. Thompson and preceding Thomas Gholson Jr.) and from 4 March 1813 to 21 February 1818 (succeeding Edwin Gray and preceding John Pegram).

Biography
Peterson Goodwyn was born in Petersburg, Virginia in 1745, and he became the owner of the Sweden plantation and also became a lawyer in 1776. He served as a militia colonel during the American Revolutionary War before serving in the House of Delegates from 1789 to 1802 and in the US House of Representatives from 1803 until his death in 1818.